Moving tribute from the Library of Congress team to Leslie Jordan.
'...to answer his frequent conversation-starting question — “How y’all doing?” — today we have to answer, with a long sigh and a lowered gaze, “Not so good, partner. Not so good.”'
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Leslie Jordan joined us at the National Book Festival last month to speak about his memoir, 'How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived.' A life well lived, indeed. May he rest in peace.
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On this day in 1901, Anna E. Taylor became the first person to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive. Read more about it in our historic newspaper archive.
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This 1871 map of Yellowstone National Park, created a year before the park was officially established, features illustrations of the park's famous geysers.

Take a closer look here: loc.gov/item/97683572/…

Today in History: transcontinental telegraph completed, 1861; United Nations charter ratified, 1945 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-…

The Library's Liljenquist collection of Civil War photographs contains several images, like these, of veterans who fought for the Union posing with family members (likely their grandsons) who served in World War I.
More of the Liljenquist collection: go.loc.gov/7bA650LfMG4

Today in History: Congress passes President FDR's 'Lend-Lease' Act aiding the Allies, 1941 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-…

SHOP SATURDAY: 'The Card Catalog: Books, Cards and Literary Treasures' is an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Purchase now, only at the Library's Shop: library-of-congress-shop.myshopify.com/collections/bo… #ShopSaturday

Falling with style, as a certain cowboy might say: On this day in 1797, the custom of jumping out of perfectly good aircraft began with André-Jacques Garnerin's first human parachute descent from ~3,200 feet above Paris. The history of flight (& falling): go.loc.gov/gLT150LfSIX

Today in History: Metropolitan Opera opens in NYC, 1883 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-…

TODAY at 2 p.m. ET: Get in the Halloween spirit with beloved authors R.L. Stine, author of “Goosebumps,” and Mary Pope Osborne, author of “Magic Tree House,' for a special Halloween event at the Library.

Tune in for the livestreamed event: go.loc.gov/Y4X950Li5mB

Delve in the recently acquired papers of Playwright Neil Simon in the latest issue of the Libary of Congress Magazine: ow.ly/bFpI50LfLSl

Today in History: Guggenheim Museum in NYC opens, 1959; fourth Kennedy-Nixon debate, 1960 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-…

NEWS: #LIVEAtTheLibrary celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson Building and Veterans Day in November with Modern Warrior Live.

More: go.loc.gov/bYB250LgNfE

TONIGHT: Enjoy happy hour drinks and food while visiting the Library of Congress during our extended hours every Thursday night. Plan your visit to explore our exhibits, collections and programs.

Join us at #LIVEAtTheLibrary : go.loc.gov/cpUb50L8g0u

Today in History: U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase treaty, opening up the west to American exploration & settlement, 1803 #otd #tih loc.gov/item/today-in-…

ICYMI: A recent Library event celebrated the acquisition of the The Kitchen Sisters archive, some 7,000 hours of interviews, oral histories, songs & field recordings. Their friend and collaborator, actor Frances McDormand, hosted.

WATCH: go.loc.gov/Z5a750LfWME